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Volume 30, Number 5—May 2024
Synopsis

Coccidioidomycosis-Related Hospital Visits, Texas, USA, 2016–2021

Heather MayfieldComments to Author , Vanora Davila, and Elena Penedo
Author affiliation: Texas Department of State Health Services, Austin, Texas, USA

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Inclusion and exclusion criteria for study of coccidioidomycosis-related hospital visits, Texas, USA, 2016–2021. Analytic study of patient medical records was conducted to assess prevalence of inpatient and outpatient hospital visits by persons with a coccidioidomycosis diagnosis in Texas. Codes from the International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision, Clinical Modification, were used for diagnoses and included codes B38, B38.0, B38.1, B38.2, B38.3, B38.4, B38.7, B38.8, B38.81, B38.89, and B38.9. Shaded boxes indicate numbers of excluded discharge records and reasons for exclusion from the study. Final analytic study sample was categorized into 2 groups according to clinical diagnostic characteristics.

Figure 1. Inclusion and exclusion criteria for study of coccidioidomycosis-related hospital visits, Texas, USA, 2016–2021. Analytic study of patient medical records was conducted to assess prevalence of inpatient and outpatient hospital visits by persons with a coccidioidomycosis diagnosis in Texas. Codes from the International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision, Clinical Modification, were used for diagnoses and included codes B38, B38.0, B38.1, B38.2, B38.3, B38.4, B38.7, B38.8, B38.81, B38.89, and B38.9. Shaded boxes indicate numbers of excluded discharge records and reasons for exclusion from the study. Final analytic study sample was categorized into 2 groups according to clinical diagnostic characteristics.

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